Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . een the railway and the great SuezCanal, and is navigated by a few small craft only. The Suez Canal,connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and traversed bylarge sea-going steamers, and the extensive Bitter Lakes lie on ourleft (comp. p. 433). Towards the rises the Qebel Geneffeh,or Gebel Ahmed Daher, witli its productive quarries, which yieldedmaterial for the construction of the canal. Beyond (lOS/aM.) (p. 433) we obtain a fine view of the bluish green BitterLakes (
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . een the railway and the great SuezCanal, and is navigated by a few small craft only. The Suez Canal,connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and traversed bylarge sea-going steamers, and the extensive Bitter Lakes lie on ourleft (comp. p. 433). Towards the rises the Qebel Geneffeh,or Gebel Ahmed Daher, witli its productive quarries, which yieldedmaterial for the construction of the canal. Beyond (lOS/aM.) (p. 433) we obtain a fine view of the bluish green BitterLakes (p. 433) on the left. Farther on, the heights of the QebetI wtbid rise on the right. The next station is (11372 M.) (125 72 M.) stat. Geneffeh we reach the S. end of the BitterLakes. On the left again stretches a vast sandy plain. On theright, above the lower hills, tower the dark masses of the AtdkaMts. (p. 415), the outlines of which stand out very prominentlyby evening light. Near (136/2 M.) stat. Bhal&ffy. 432) the canal is visible fora short time. Then (149 M.) Suez (see below).. h 38 is ; btm a- ? ,. l [ / i y tl & FQ tT IJI RAH f M 1 0 V, Vg V» 1 I«Jl»iil«
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